{"id":7267,"date":"2019-09-24T22:51:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T02:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/?p=7267"},"modified":"2019-09-24T22:51:44","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T02:51:44","slug":"kalush-buried-beneath-the-twins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/2019\/kalush-buried-beneath-the-twins","title":{"rendered":"Kalush, Buried Beneath the Twins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When the Giants quarreled, they brought forth many monsters to do their violence before Ummud conceived to form the Earthen-Beings out of red clay. The great serpent Kalush was birthed by Ishmu to seize the ruby heart of the river Ufaret and hold it close that  Shutu might not regain it to place it again within her ribcage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3500\" height=\"4100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Kalush.jpg?fit=840%2C984&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Kalush.jpg 3500w, https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Kalush-128x150.jpg 128w, https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Kalush-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Kalush-768x900.jpg 768w, https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Kalush-874x1024.jpg 874w, https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Kalush-1200x1406.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Kalush-400x469.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Kalush was trapped here beneath a seal, inscribed in the Language of Names, unable to see the light of day until Gushab and Adanu managed to move aside the stone. They are considering if they have perhaps made a mistake.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p> Kalush has there rested for millennia, trapped by the twins Ubash and Tubash. Unblinking, its hot breath carries the wisdom of the ancient serpent to the ears and nostrils of the priesthood of Ubash and Tubash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/image.png 1080w, https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/image-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/image-768x149.png 768w, https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/image-1024x198.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Modular systems are a function of industrial society. But do people of The Fifth World still know how to agree to standards? With their acute interest in efficiency, I think they might have carried that lesson forward!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the Giants quarreled, they brought forth many monsters to do their violence before Ummud conceived to form the Earthen-Beings out of red clay. The great serpent Kalush was birthed by Ishmu to seize the ruby heart of the river Ufaret and hold it close that Shutu might not regain it to place it again &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/2019\/kalush-buried-beneath-the-twins\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Kalush, Buried Beneath the Twins&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":7271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[78],"class_list":["post-7267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-set-of-all-sets-that-do-not-include-themselves","tag-bloody-handed-name-of-bronze"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7267"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7270,"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7267\/revisions\/7270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}